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Dream it, Design it, Build it! This software allows you to edit, modify or even create your own woodworking plans. It will save you hundreds of dollars on “advice” that ends up not helping you at all.

Have you ever looked at a tree, then looked at your coffee table and wondered how that happens? Starting with the basic properties of wood and continuing on through machine use, joinery and finally the construction of your own piece of furniture, this introductory course will give you a thorough understanding of the principles of woodworking. …

The most fundamental skill that you will use over and over is cutting wood. Learn how to make those cuts perfect and square every time. Put this core concept into practice by making fun and easy Yard Dice with straight cuts.

With more than 30 years of experience in developing and producing CNC machine tool accessories, BENZ Incorporated is a leading tooling resource in the woodworking, composites and metalworking industries.

Whether you are installing a new hardwood floor, refinishing an old one, or just keeping your existing floor looking as good as new, Minwax® has a full range of products to make and keep your floors beautiful.

Known for superior quality saw plates and steel cores, Grasche USA has served the woodworking industry since 1979. In North America, Grasche exclusively represents Ceratizit’s revolutionary Chrome Carbide Inserts that last 2x longer than traditional inserts.

This simple and elegant planter bench project is ideal for the porch, patio, or pool. Filled with plants and flowers, it will define a corner of the porch or patio with style. Featuring all straight cuts and modular construction, the project allows the builder to decide what combination of planter boxes and connecting benches works

Like a gazebo or an arbor trellis, a footbridge is one of those garden structures that helps transform a plain backyard into a charming and livable outdoor space. Now doit-yourselfers with a weekend to spare can add a footbridge to their own yard or garden with these easy to follow footbridge plans. The proportions of this footbridge make

Examples of Bronze Age wood-carving include tree trunks worked into coffins from northern Germany and Denmark and wooden folding-chairs. The site of Fellbach-Schmieden in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the Iron Age. Wooden idols from the La Tène period are known from a sanctuary at the source of the Seine in France.

Some might expect to see a cordless drill on this list, but when we’re talking about basic power woodworking tools, a corded drill is more versatile and powerful. Sure, the cordless is, well, cordless, which makes it more portable, but corded drills are less expensive and can do more than a cordless drill. There are some options to consider when choosing a corded power drill, such as whether you want a 3/8-inch or 1/2-inch chuck, keyed or keyless chuck, straight drill or hammer drill, and so…MORE on. Learn all about these options (along with some suggestions on what to look for when shopping) in this article on corded power drills.

OutdoorGirl16196 from “Instructables” brings back a classic in this DIY wooden candy dispenser. She uses jelly beans, but honestly, any candy that is similarly sized will work (I’d use Skittles, or Reese’s Pieces).

This two-step stool requires a bit more measuring and construction time but is still easy to cut and put together with a jigsaw, level, and wood screws. Amp up your project with a good stain or a little paint. Get your measurements here.

Boring balustrades, bland balconies, and dismal decking are enough to depress virtually any homeowner. If you no longer enjoy your old, stale home decor and want to add a new sense of style along with a bit your own personality, then you need some woodworking tools. With a few basic hand tools, some wood, and some imagination, you can completely transform your home. Woodworking lathe tools allow you to create visual masterpieces. Craft new legs for your kitchen table and chairs to give the old furniture a new lease on life and replace the balustrades on your staircase with something more suited to your taste. The reliable sellers on eBay cater to those who can work magic with their hands by offering a huge range of woodworking tools. The inventory includes antique woodworking tools for collectors with an interest in history. These old planes, lathe tools, and saws look fabulous on display. Whether you want woodworking tools for your hobby, for home repair projects, or as collectors’ items, you can find the right tools for the job on the site.

For nearly 20 years, the Heritage School of Woodworking has successfully taught over 4,000 aspiring woodworkers the art of hand tool woodworking in our acclaimed workshops at the Ploughshare campus in Central Texas. The school began in 1995 with simple, one-day classes on joinery and hand tools. These small classes have now grown into a full-time hand tool woodworking school with over 30 different courses. Starting in 2014, the woodworking classes and workshops are now being offered online.

A good miter box & miter saw (a very large backsaw) will enable you to cut your wood to very accurate lengths, at accurate angles. This will especially save you a lot of time in trying to square your board ends when building boxes/tool chests. The long miter saw glides back and forth through a rigid saw frame.

Manufacturers of low angle pocket cutting machinery and assembly tables since 1985, the Castle, Inc. product line features 6 pocket cutters and assembly tables to accommodate sizing needs from the light user up to the professional production line.

The mission of the Fine Woodworking Department is to provide our students with opportunities for growth and development that set the foundation for life-long learning, academic achievement, and career accomplishment. We do this through three quality educational programs; traditional woodworking, advanced woodworking technology and lutherie. We encourage a passion for learning, through creativity, a commitment to excellence, and dedication to our students, and the communities we serve.

This box is great as a gift. It’s easy to make, using a dowel as a hinge pivot, so there’s no need to mortise for hinges and drill for screws–which saves tons of time. This box could be made with dovetailed corners, but this is the express version, with miters for the corners. While measurements

There really is an easy way to learn how to design wood furniture. You simply do not need to reinvent the wheel (or the chair) to learn how to design furniture. All you really need is a little inspiration. Our free download will guide you on a journey to designing your own wood furniture.

Take a look at our woodworking classes! We’re sure that you will find a class that will build your skills. Taking a class will also help you to create an heirloom-quality piece of furniture. If you have questions about which class to take, contact Lonnie Bird at 865-484-1145.

Begin by cutting off a 10-in. length of the board and setting it aside. Rip the remaining 38-in. board to 6 in. wide and cut five evenly spaced saw kerfs 5/8 in. deep along one face. Crosscut the slotted board into four 9-in. pieces and glue them into a block, being careful not to slop glue into the saw kerfs (you can clean them out with a knife before the glue dries). Saw a 15-degree angle on one end and screw the plywood piece under the angled end of the block.

Sawbuck projects! Cut it out from scrap wood you probably have in your workshop. Cut out a backer board, detail the edges however you like, mount a few clothes pins and you are done! Beginner skill level.

How do the best craftsmen come up with woodworking ideas, and translate those ideas into easy woodworking plans? Open up this FREE article on sketching – the basic element of all woodworking project ideas – and start seeing furniture and casework in a different light. You’ll be amazed at how simple it is to unlock your imagination.

This simple and elegant planter bench project is ideal for the porch, patio, or pool. Filled with plants and flowers, it will define a corner of the porch or patio with style. Featuring all straight cuts and modular construction, the project allows the builder to decide what combination of planter boxes and connecting benches works

07/09/2015 WoodWorking for Mere Mortals If you haven’t seen one of Steve Ramsey’s videos on YouTube, you may be the only one left. He is a talented woodworker, and the King of woodworking videos on YouTube. His project plan site has a variety of plans and he continues to add to it. You’ll want to check this one out.

Remember the cardboard boxes you decorated in elementary school to hold your Valentines? You could view this Cherry Letterbox with Carving as an upgraded version. Or you could view it as a way to learn and practice both relief carving and lettering.

A woodworking school teaching furniture making techniques located in Pennsylvania. Beginner through advanced students will learn solid wood furniture construction using traditional and modern techniques. The classes emphasize wood movement, practical methods, efficiency (with machines and hand tools), design, milling, joinery, finishing, and safety. Woodworking and furniture making courses are offered to aspiring crafts men and women throughout the country.

If you like to play music on your cell phone you’ll find lots to love about this wooden phone amplifier. It provides an attractive platform to cradle your phone while playing music, and it boosts the sounds level by 8-10 dB (decibels) while also distributing the sound around the room using a megaphone style sound

Boring balustrades, bland balconies, and dismal decking are enough to depress virtually any homeowner. If you no longer enjoy your old, stale home decor and want to add a new sense of style along with a bit of your own personality, then you need some woodworking tools. With a few basic hand tools, some wood, and some imagination, you can completely transform your home. Woodworking lathe tools allow you to create visual masterpieces. Craft new legs for your kitchen table and chairs to give the old furniture a new lease on life and replace the balustrades on your staircase with something more suited to your taste. The reliable sellers on eBay cater to those who can magic with their hands by offering a huge range of woodworking tools. The inventory includes antique woodworking tools for collectors with an interest in history. These old planes, lathe tools, and saws look fabulous on display. Whether you want woodworking tools for your hobby, for home repair projects, or as collectors’ items, you can find the right tools for the job on the site.

Learn how to shape and build your very own ol´skool Pin Tail Long Board. You will acquire basic wood working skills while producing a finished product. We will employ as many woodworking techniques as possible in order to ensure familiarity with the wood working process. Our Long Boards will be constructed of solid stock material. Depending on the…

Mr Griffith was one of the most well known and respected wood workers in recent history. I noticed that most of his work was available online with the exception of one of the most important pieces of work, ‘Essential’s Of Woodworking’. Even though it was first published in 1908, this book has some of the best woodworking projects and information I have ever seen.

Our staff of instructors possess a wide variety of skills and interests but an intense passion for the subject they are teaching is common to them all. Whether it is a woodcarving class with Will Neptune, a furniture making class with the school’s director, Bob Van Dyke, or a class on inlay and bandings with Steve Latta, students are assured of thoroughly learning the skills in a relaxed hands-on atmosphere.

Here’s a great gift idea that will draw raves. The joints are accurately made in seconds with a biscuit joiner! Complete instructions for building this stool are found here. Want to learn about using a biscuit joiner before taking on this project? Watch this video that shows you how to make strong, fast and accurate joints with this useful tool.

If you know that the blades of your saws are right, but are still having trouble getting the cut you want, the moisture content of your stock may be wrong. Wood that has a moisture content level that is too high for your area will “feather” when it’s cut, regardless of the size or sharpness of the blades. Wood that is too dry will crack and split when you cut it. If it seems that no matter what you do to your saws, you still don’t get satisfactory cuts, use your moisture meter to check the moisture content levels of your stock.

I prefer the large size because it will cut the most sizes. Years ago I purchased a medium shoulder plane, but it didn’t cut the larger sized joints, so I sold it and purchased a large shoulder plane so I could cut and trim most sized joints. Most of your traditional woodworking hand tools can be vintage/used, but used shoulder planes can be very hard to rehab and get “square”, so I recommend spending the extra money on a new shoulder plane. See my recommendations in my hand plane buying guide.

A very good and accurate 6-inch combination square is used for so many tasks in my workshop, including checking the squareness of boards (when planing them to final dimension), scribing dovetail joints, measuring the depth of mortises, and much, much more.

To start off you only need either a 1/4″ or 3/8″ mortise chisel (or some size close to those). You don’t need a whole set of mortise chisels. Mortise chisels (also spelled “mortice”) are used for chopping mortises (rectangular holes) into the side of your board for insertion of a tenon. “Mortise and Tenon” is a very common and very strong joint that most people have heard of.

Courses in woodworking are offered in standalone formats and through formal training programs. For beginning and advanced students alike, woodworking seminars and workshops may be available through continuing education or community centers. Associate degrees and certificates in woodworking or related topics like cabinet and furniture construction are also available through community and vocational colleges. Some schools offer fine woodworking as a concentration for a Bachelor of Fine Arts or a Master of Fine Arts degree.

This is a cool, simple project to do for the outdoors or for those who actually have a man cave. This DIY wooden bottle opener makes opening bottles a lot easier, plus, it stores the bottle caps, as well.

Take the guesswork out of puzzle box making in a fun and functional course that explores the secrets of artistic traditions. In this workshop, we discover the Japanese art of making a secret opening box…

Here’s 50 great beginner woodworking projects that will get you comfortable with the basics of building with wood. Some of the projects below can be completed in a weekend and others in just a few hours, either way all the projects will help you create something great out of wood.

Thank goodness for Moms, who are so good at saving things from our childhood. In this case, we’re talking about one of the first woodworking projects that George ever made, way back in his junior high school days. Here’s a throwback to how George got started in woodworking, leading to what he’s doing today. Although

The hard impact setting ranges from 0-2,600 RPM and 0-3,400 IPM and 1,420 in. lbs. of torque for large fasteners such as lag bolts. The BTD144 has a compact design at just 5-1/2” in length and only 3.3 lbs. with an 18V LXT Lithium-Ion battery.

The cabriole leg is a graceful and essential form in most Queen Anne style furniture and we are fortunate to have Phil Lowe, an expert in this furniture style, hosting this unique two-day hands-on class. Phil is a nationally known craftsman and author whose work and articles have appeared in Fine Woodworking Magazine for many years. Phil, who also runs his own furniture-making school and custom furniture business in Beverly, Mass. will begin by teaching students the basics of design and layout for a graceful cabriole leg that could be used in a Queen Anne style “tea table”. Students will go on to layout their own leg, bandsaw it to shape and spend time refining the shape with rasps, spokeshaves and scrapers. The class also features demonstrations of the layout and carving of a shell on the knee or a “C” scroll decorative element as well as turning a foot and pad on the leg. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the leaders in the field. Some specific tools will be required and are listed on the school web site. Sign up today- space is limited. Tuition: $325.00 plus materials

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While some people consider the circular saw to be more of a carpentry tool than a fine woodworking tool, I would tend to disagree. There may be no more versatile basic handheld power tool than a circular saw. When used with a clamp-on straight-edge, the circular saw can be just about as accurate as a table saw and handle quite a few of the tasks that one would attempt with a table saw, particularly cutting sheet goods such as plywood or medium-density fiberboard. When woodworking on a budget, a…MORE quality circular saw should be the first handheld power tool purchased, as it is the one that will likely be the most useful as you get started.

Take a fresh look at an everyday material, and then apply your new perspective to three-dimensional design. Corrugated cardboard has inherent character and beauty. A useful versatility and undulating patterns…

What’s the one thing you need most when you’re shaping dozens of raised panels on a router table? Power! These 3-hp monsters deliver plenty. There are two completely different kinds of 3-hp routers: fixed-base and plunge.

Popular Woodworking Magazine has just a launch a new podcast that…. Wait, wait. Where are you going? Give me a few moments to explain. Look, we know the woodworking world has enough podcasts. So when Scott…

The fourth most important basic handheld power tool every beginner should buy is a random orbital sander. While palm sanders are less expensive and can use plain sandpaper (cut into one-fourth sections), the random orbital version uses hook-and-loop fastened sanding disks, and doesn’t sand in patterns, using instead a random sanding motion. This will motion will serve to reduce the chance that any sanding marks may appear on the stock due to the sanding. Of course, be certain that your local…MORE woodworking supplier has sanding disks readily available in a number of grits to fit the model that you choose, as the key to proper sanding is to use progressively finer grits as you sand to reduce or remove any marks that are left behind from the previous sanding.

12/01/2015 Free Woodworking Plan This is probably one of the largest collection of free plans out there. They appear to have been around for a long time, and their collection of plans definitely shows it. It’s actually one of my favorite sites.

Whittling: This style of carving wood is perhaps one of the oldest and simplest. All you need to get started with this woodcarving style is a good quality carving knife and a piece of wood. In this technique, bits of wood are cut away from a block of wood until the design the carver has in mind, takes shape. Most of the accomplished wood carvers who use this technique, use only the carving knife for both roughing and detailing work. Typically, the design is not smoothened using a sand paper; the knife strokes are noticeably visible and those are what characterizes the final piece.

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Mike South will introduce students to the basics of cutting and inlaying various types of shell products and other materials into musical instruments and other flat surfaces. The techniques are applicable to many different materials such as veneers, brass, silver and gold sheet stock and some of the softer natural and reconstituted stones. Topics will include the choice of needed tools and supplies, types of materials, techniques for reproducing artwork for use as templates and techniques for cutting the materials and inlaying them into surfaces for decoration and embellishment. Although Mike’s current specialty is stringed instruments, he has years of experience in wood turning as well as furniture design and construction so the techniques can be used in decorating these types of projects as well. Students will be introduced to the basics of how to position themselves so that the time spent cutting is used to best advantage. Layout and routing of the channels for the inlays will be explained so as to make for the cleanest outcomes. Traditional patterns and motifs will be supplied by the instructor, but if students have designs or artwork that they’d like to try, they’re encouraged to bring it to class. Specialized tools and various types of shell will be available from the instructor. Other basic supplies can be purchased locally. A list of suppliers will be included so students can acquire materials and tools for future projects. Inlay work can be very challenging but also a lot of fun. Proper instruction goes a long way and the rewards for patience and persistence are very satisfying. Sign up Today! Tuition: $275.00 plus materials

The eight profiles it contains are lock miter, 22.5-degree lock bit, drawer lock, reverse glue joint, groove of a tongue and groove, glass-panel cope cutter, raised-panel cope cutter and raised panel. These profiles are specific to CMT and Sommerfeld’s bits and may not work with other brands.

Do you use your dust collector every time you should? Probably not. With this new system, you will—without any extra effort. System 1 from Creative Dust Control is fully automatic. The system consists of a motorized blast gate, a tool module and a vacuum module. It’s available for both 110- and 220-volt machines.

Sawbuck projects! Cut it out from scrap wood you probably have in your workshop. These are not a pattern project, but a technique that we have found to be great for personalized gifts and can be quite profitable! Beginner skill level.

Here is a sortable list of websites that have free woodworking plans, and woodworking project plans at a premium price. If you see any needed updates to links, or think I should include others feel free to contact me.

With this guide, you’ll learn how to start quickly and operate successfully. ” It covers, in detail, every step of how you can use your skills to make money without losing that joy.” – And its yours for FREE if you order today!

Classes are conducted in a variety of formats to suit the unique needs of our students. They include one or two day weekend classes, series classes that meet one or two nights per week for 4 to 12 weeks, week-long intensive classes and more.

We teach furniture making for the joy, growth, and satisfaction it brings, whether you are pursuing it professionally or as an avocation. We expect students to graduate with the confidence and skill to design and build fine furniture on their own, and to be qualified for employment by other fine furniture makers.

Product Development, for which the assignment is to design, make, and sell a multiple object within a set price range. This emphasizes real-world concerns such as speed, efficiency, and marketing. (5 weeks)

The Hartford area has some of the best examples of that which is considered “Connecticut” furniture. Many people think of Connecticut furniture as being “country” or even just “different”. That may be the case with some pieces but this Wethersfield table is really the quintessential Connecticut tea table. With its deeply and distinctly shaped top and long slender cabriole legs it is both elegant and unique. This project is based on exact measurements that we have taken of the original which participants will be able to visit and inspect on the first day of our class. If you have never made a cabriole leg this is a great opportunity to try your hand at that along with shaping the aprons of the table and cutting and shaping the wide cherry top.

Just wanted you all to know we had one of the best weeks we have ever experienced. Thank you both and all the folks that made our time there great. You both blessed us with your knowledge and skills. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Like dividers, marking gauges are used for transferring a measurement and repeating it over and over again. A locking mechanism keeps the gauge from slipping and loosing that measurement. You cannot build furniture without at least one good sturdy marking gauge.

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Raphael Berrios is one of our Foundations of Woodworking scholarship students in Spring 2016. He also took our Timber Frame Tiny Home course and brought home one of the structures to finish for himself (you can follow his progress on his blog! Here’s what he had to say about what led him to PTSW, his experience so far, and thoughts for the future:

If you like to play music on your cell phone you’ll find lots to love about this wooden phone amplifier. It provides an attractive platform to cradle your phone while playing music, and it boosts the sounds level by 8-10 dB (decibels) while also distributing the sound around the room using a megaphone style sound

Woodworking was once a necessary skill for living. Industrial arts classes were common in the 19th century, where young men learn many trade skills including woodworking. Being able to work with wood is handy. You can fix and build many things in your house. …

They aren’t affected by heat, cold or humidity. And they won’t rust: good news for those of you living on the coasts. Granite is maintenance-free, according to Steel City, and no more prone to chipping than cast iron/

It is always better to do woodworking with proper planning. A woodworking project will include finding out the requirements of the product, preparing plans and executing them. Given below are some of the things involved in woodworking projects.

Once you have the four aforementioned handheld power tools in your arsenal and you’ve had time to get comfortable with using them, its time to make your first (and likely most important) major tool purchase. The table saw is the heart and soul of every woodworking shop, the centerpiece around which all of the other tools are used and organized, so you’ll want to buy the best table saw that your budget can comfortably afford. Take the time to learn which features you really want and the…MORE table saw that best fits your budget and your needs. This article will show you the most common features, and how to determine what features you need and how to know if those features are really well built, or simply added on to the saw because they are selling features.

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I’ll admit I love magic. David Blaine is my favorite for sure. However, optical illusions have always vexed me. Seriously, they make me feel so dumb, and I hate feeling dumb (I assume I am not alone).

After you have chosen the perfect table saw for your wood shop, the next major purchase one should consider would be a compound miter saw. While not as expensive as a quality table saw, a compound miter saw is invaluable for cutting compound angles (beveled, mitered and combination cuts) on the ends of a piece of stock. Once you develop your ability to make precise cuts with a compound miter saw, you’ll find that your circular saw spends a little more time in the drawer than it used to.

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If you only resaw on occasion and want a blade primarily for general-purpose work, a flex-back or hard-back blade is your best choice. For hard-core resawing, the hard-back or bi-metal hook-tooth blades with three tpi did the best overall job.

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Christian Becksvoort gives you four ideas for handmade gifts that will please your friends and family and use up the scraps lying around your shop: a versatile flatware carrier, a two-piece desk set with tray and pencil holder, a tea light holder, and a hanging mirror.

You should write requirements and the specifications, which you desire. Also sketching the whole product is a very useful thing in preparing plans. Prepare proper sketches of the plan. This sketch should have the measurements and also each part of the products.

I like to keep our chopping boards clean and germ-free, which is quite impossible (but I try!). I end up just replacing them every now and then. But since we have a lot of leftover wood, we figured it’s best to just keep making new DIY wood cutting boards instead of buying them!

Makita has add two 3-1/4 HP Plunge Routers to their line, models RP1800 and RP2301FC (Variable Speed). The RP1800 features a 15 amp motor with 22,000 RPM. It has a 0” – 2-3/4” plunge depth capacity, with linear ball bearings for smooth plunge action.

Spacers are included to create offset joints or to center dowels on material thicker than 3/4-in. An indexing pin and rod are included for positioning the jig on long edges. One-quarter-inch drill guides are available for $35 per set.

This design is loosely based on an Adirondack chair, but is much simpler in construction. You can build this chair with just two 1-inch x 10-inch x 10-foot pieces of lumber and it should only take you a couple of hours.

Learn about assorted joinery used in making furniture. Learn the importance of selecting the correct joinery for your woodworking project. This and many more topics are covered in the Woodworking Course.

In this fast paced class students will have the opportunity to build the traditional cabinetmaker’s workbench they have dreamed about! Let’s face it- the benches we build in the school during the year are great (especially for the price!) but nothing beats working on a traditional workbench constructed entirely of 8/4 and 12/4 rock maple. A flat top, wide enough to accommodate most work, wooden bench dogs to hold the work in conjunction with the end vise, a sturdy shoulder vise, a tool tray to keep the smaller tools you are working with in one place and about 300 pounds of dead weight all make this bench a pleasure to work on. The massive trestle base joined with wedged mortice and tenons knocks down for easier (relatively!) moving (We have fit these into mini vans easily). We use the Lie Nielsen tail vise and Chain drive shoulder vise hardware. It is hands down the best we have ever seen. The bench is 7′ long and 26″ wide and weighs about 300 pounds. This is a great project to further your woodworking skills and is a bench you will treasure for years and pass on to future generations. Sign up today- space is limited- and be ready to work hard- you will go home with a finished workbench (minus an actual finish if you decide to add that)! Tuition: $795.00.00 plus materials (materials are approximately $1495.00- includes all Lie Nielsen Vise hardware and our own wooden benchdogs)

Here’s 50 great beginner woodworking projects that will get you comfortable with the basics of building with wood. Some of the projects below can be completed in a weekend and others in just a few hours, either way all the projects will help you create something great out of wood.

Most woodworkers shy away from finishing or are disappointed in their attempts at finishing the projects they have spent so much time and effort in making. Greg Massicotte has been finishing furniture professionally for over twenty years and has taught countless seminars and classes. Students will learn about bleaching and wood preparation, how to use aniline dyes, pigmented stains and glazes in combination to create the dramatic effects and colors they want. The many different choices for top coats always create a lot of questions. This class will expose students to brushing on varnishes, wiping on oils and spraying lacquers. This experience will help clarify the strengths and weaknesses of each topcoat system. Rubbing out the finish and French Polishing will round out the class. With the huge number of finishing questions that come up daily, you should be sure to fit this valuable class in. Tuition $295.00 (plus materials: $45.00)

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These cabinet making plans include far more than just the traditional kitchen cabinets: you’ll find tips and plans for garage cabinets, under-the-saw storage, as well as both simple and complex versions of indoor cabinets.

Carving-in-the-round: This is a more advanced form of woodcarving that can produce sculptures and structures, which are more lifelike with more details and smoother texture. The carving knife alone cannot accomplish the task. Therefore, for this technique of carving wood, the carver needs to make use of tools of various shapes and sizes. Such tools include hand tools like gouges, chisels, etc., and even power tools with various types of blades, burs, abrasive points, etc.

This class is for people who are serious about woodworking and want to learn how to use the SketchUp 3D design program to save time and money in the shop. With SketchUp, you preview the actual construction of a piece and generate absolutely accurate plans, patterns, and templates. The class is built around four rules for success for using the program to its best advantage. You will need to bring a Windows or Mac laptop loaded with the full-featured free version of SketchUp. We spend the morning on exercises that introduce the important SketchUp tools and get you accustomed to working in a 3D space on the computer. In the afternoon, you see how the rules for success work by designing a piece of furniture. You’ll also learn how to create measured drawings and a cutlist. Go to https://www.sketchup.com/download/all to download the full-featured free version, called SketchUp Make 2017.

These DIY router table plans cover the three basic types of shop-built router tables you might need: horizontal router table plans for joinery, a cheap basic one that can be made with $50 of parts, and one that can be made in just a weekend.

Graduates of the Nine-month Comprehensive are pursuing careers in furniture making, cabinetry, millwork, boatbuilding, and other aspects of fine woodworking. To see a listing of alumni, including professions and websites, click here.

Do you think about wood joinery as much as we do here at Popular Woodworking? You do not have to be a professional to understand joinery and to prove it, we’ve compiled a handful of helpful joinery techniques to help advance your skills. Get your free guide and a free project plan today!

Then the next step in woodworking projects is their execution. This is the most exiting and the main part of woodworking projects. Great care is required while doing it. Any mistake while execution can be costly. Do not try anything different from what you have included in the plans.

Start getting your shop organized for the new year with this Sandpaper Caddy that that easily separates your sandpaper grits, plus provides you with alignment blocks for mounting to your orbital sander.

te. For making circles, you attach one or more extension plates to the main baseplate, install a pin or screw into the extension to make a pivot point, and dial in an exact distance using the adjustment knob, as above. This is just a small taste of what the Router Wizard Pro can do.

Now, you may believe a huge collection of plans such as this will be extremely expensive and truth to be told it really should be considering the immense value that thousands of satisfied woodworkers are getting from our package.

Explore cold-pressed curved laminations inspired by the original work at the Bauhaus in Germany in the 1920s and later efforts at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. The ability to imagine in woodworking…

A marking knife is used for marking where you will be cutting with your saws. For getting into tight spots (like dovetails) and making very accurate lines (which is vital for tight fitting joints) you need just the right marking knife. You would think that any old knife would work, but you would be wrong. Years ago I purchased several that didn’t work well.

With a smooth running 15 amp motor this With a smooth running 15 amp motor this router from DeWalt features state of the art electronic circuitry with soft start variable speeds from 8 000 to 22 000 rpm and constant speed under load to ensure a quality finish in all materials. The rack-and-pinion depth adjuster magnified scale and … More + Product Details Close

Drilling a hole with a handheld drill is easy enough to do, but making the hole perfectly perpendicular to the surface can be tough. Triton has married a plunge mechanism to a cordless drill to create its new 18-volt cordless plunge drill for $289.

A.Most of the time the email takes 10-15 minutes to arrive. If you`ve waited much longer than this, you will need to check the spam filter of your email account. Sometimes email providers put my emails into the “spam” box for no reason. There you should make sure to put my domain “mikeswoodworkingprojects.com” as a “safe” emailadress in your filters.

With the right tools and materials, what you build is only limited by your imagination and creativity. So why not have a little fun with the kids and teach them something at the same time? Our woodworker tools and woodworking supplies will help you put together an easy birdhouse, squirrel feeder or butterfly house. The kids will love to use our paint samples to add their creative touch, and will enjoy displaying the finished product in the backyard.

Sears is your one-stop-shop for everything you need to turn your garage into a full-fledged woodshop. From saws that can slice through soft woods and power through metal to simple hand tools for delicate work, you’ll find everything you need to tackle any woodworking project. Get the woodworking tools that will help you craft anything and everything.

According to Black & Decker, the Dragster platen is 25 percent larger than those on other 3-in. x 21-in. machines. The larger the platen, the easier it is to hold the machine flat when you’re sanding panels.

Build this handy stool in one hour and park it in your closet. You can also use it as a step to reach the high shelf. All you need is a 4 x 4-ft. sheet of 3/4-in. plywood, wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration. Spread wood glue on the joints, then nail them together with 8d finish nails. First nail through the sides into the back. Then nail through the top into the sides and back. Finally, mark the location of the two shelves and nail through the sides into the shelves. Don’t have floor space to spare? Build these super simple wall-mounted shoe organizers instead!

I recently built a table for my daughter. The phone call telling me she had ruined the finish by putting something hot directly on the table wasn’t good. That got me thinking about trivets. This is a great CNC project; an example of accurately cutting from two faces. This article includes step by step VCarve

Handplanes can be one of the most useful and rewarding tools in the workshop – or they can be one of the most frustrating! Learn how to effectively use handplanes in your work with Ct. Valley School of Woodworking director, Bob Van Dyke. Which handplane is right for a particular job? What should you look for when buying a new or a flea market plane? How are they “tuned up”? And most importantly- how are they sharpened? These are just a few of the questions that will be answered in this exciting two-day class. We will also go thru many of the basic (and not so basic) types of handplanes- starting with the Stanley bench-planes and going on to compass planes, shoulder planes and combination planes like the Stanley #45 & #55. Because sharpening is such a basic part of using a handplane we will also make sharpening “projection jigs” for each person during class. This is a simple device that ensures the same sharpening angle each time you sharpen. The second day will be spent getting your planes sharpened and tuned up so you can start practicing using it. Techniques such as smoothing a surface, beveling a table edge, planing a curved surface, shooting edge joints, using shooting boards, fitting mortise and tenons and planing end grain will all be included. Don’t miss this unique and informative class. Space is limited. Tuition: $275.00 plus materials

Whether youre making them for yourself or giving them as a gift, wooden coasters are always a crowd pleaser. In this intermediate-level project, well walk you through how to build solid wood coasters made from a variety of woods of your choosing.

History:In late 2009, Puget Sound Woodworking opened its doors in historic, downtown Snohomish, Washington. We are a small, family-run company.Mission:We endeavor to provide world class, handcrafted products and education…

The beauty of the Anglefix Guide is in its simplicity. Place the two legs of the AngleFix Guide on outside or inside corners. Remove the tool and position it on the miter saw and place the saw blade against the metal alignment tab.

12/30/2015 Lowes Creative Ideas This site contains a handful of free plans from Lowe’s. I’ve built a few items from here. Another nice benefit is that you can find every item you need for your projects in one store.

Although refrigerators long ago rendered them obsolete, antique oak ice boxes remain popular with collectors, even though they’re expensive and hard to find. This do-it-yourself version is neither: it’s both inexpensive and easy to build. An authentic reproduction of an original, the project is especially popular when used as a bar, but it has many

In class, each student will build a detailed hall table that is complete with mortise and tenon joinery, biscuit, dowel, and floating joint construction. The student project is presented with a variety of design options and formats as to meet the experience and comfort level of each student. Depending on their experience and comfort level, students are encouraged to make a simplified version of the hall table or tackle a more sophisticated and complicated version of the same project. Your only limitation is the amount of material you receive in your lumber pack (~24 board feet).

With a pencil and a protractor, divide the larger disc into 30-degree wedges to create 12 center lines for the bottle indents. Center and trace the smaller disc on top of the larger disc. Next, with a drill press, drill 3/8-in.-deep holes on the 12 center lines with the 1-7/8-in. Forstner bit, spacing them between the disc’s outer edge and the traced circle. Next, divide the smaller disc into 60-degree wedges and drill six more 3/8-in.-deep holes with the Forstner bit.

If you like to play music on your cell phone you’ll find lots to love about this wooden phone amplifier. It provides an attractive platform to cradle your phone while playing music, and it boosts the sounds level by 8-10 dB (decibels) while also distributing the sound around the room using a megaphone style sound

Master how to bend wood to create dynamic furniture or pure sculpture, and add depth and develop new dimensions and possibilities in your furniture making. We explore basic to advanced techniques to bend…

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A.As you may imagine, I receive dozens of emails every single day. Many of them ask for specific woodworking plans. It would take several hours to search & deliver a specific woodworking plan to every interested woodworkers. However I am sure that in my free 150 woodworking plans, you will find the right project plan for your needs!

Isaac Fischer, Jr., of Springfield, Vt., patented sandpaper on June 14, 1834. Shortly after that, presumably, sanding blocks were invented. Sanding blocks apply even pressure over the entire surface of the paper. This makes sanding by hand faster and more efficient.

The Practical Woodworking course at the JD Lohr School of Woodworking is by far one of the best of any complete and comprehensive woodworking short courses in America. This is total immersion woodworking for ambitious, interested adults. With class size limited to 11 students and multiple instructors in each class, all needs of every student are met regardless of experience level. If you are self taught with no formal training as a woodworker, this course will quite literally change the way you work.

If you haven’t heard the word, there’s been a quiet revolution in sharpening: abrasive discs. The idea is very simple. You take a round piece of PSA sandpaper, stick it onto a flat disc, and spin the disc with an electric motor. Hold a tool against the disc and suddenly you’re removing metal at a pretty good clip– much faster than by hand.

Last month I taught two short classes in Germany – a rare exception to my vow to avoid teaching and instead focus on new furniture designs. The reason I taught those two classes is quite personal, so I won’t discuss it here. But during the classes I was struck by an…

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Woodworking was essential to the Romans. It provided, sometimes the only, material for buildings, transportation, tools, and household items. Wood also provided pipes, dye, waterproofing materials, and energy for heat.[5]:1Although most examples of Roman woodworking have been lost,[5]:2 the literary record preserved much of the contemporary knowledge. Vitruvius dedicates an entire chapter of his De architectura to timber, preserving many details.[6] Pliny, while not a botanist, dedicated six books of his Natural History to trees and woody plants, providing a wealth of information on trees and their uses.[7]

The audience for the Nine-month Comprehensive includes: (1) college-age people who want to become professional furniture makers; (2) people of any age who are exploring woodworking as a potentially more fulfilling, second career; and (3) individuals of all ages who want to learn furniture making as a life-enhancing skill.

A good miter box & miter saw (a very large backsaw) will enable you to cut your wood to very accurate lengths, at accurate angles. This will especially save you a lot of time in trying to square your board ends when building boxes/tool chests. The long miter saw glides back and forth through a rigid saw frame.

Dividers are also used for scribing arcs and much more. You should definitely have at least two “pair” of dividers because you regularly will be storing and transferring more than one measurement at a time. I prefer a little 3″ pair and a larger 6″ or 9″ pair.

Sometimes the journey of becoming a skilled woodworker takes you down paths that didn’t seem important at first. Sharpening hand tools was one of those paths for me. Actually, there were two paths involved. It all started when I got serious about woodworking in the early 1980s. There was a good…

Whether you’d like to take a quick refresher course or immerse yourself in a week-long class, there are Triangle businesses and craftsmen more than willing to share their knowledge. From pre-electricity workshop settings to an introduction to working your own Shopbot, there are options here for students age 12 to adults. For more information about each of the listings, either visit their website or call them directly.

CMT’s new carbide insert bits, $85, solve this problem, plus a few others. “Whoa!” you say. “85 bucks for a flush-trim bit?” You’re right; it’s a lot of dough. A comparable noninsert flush-trim bit with a 1/2-in. shank and 1-in. cut length costs around $35.

Philadelphia Furniture Workshop is a woodworking school offering courses to all levels of woodworkers, from the raw novice to serious amateur. PFW offers classes that are project based, classes that focus on narrower fields such as individual tools or particular techniques, and courses that are specially designed to get the new woodworker up to speed in a safe, deliberate and organized fashion. We also offer design and build classes, and master classes for the aspiring cabinetmaker or furniture maker whose aim is to work at a high-level of skill and create work that reflects personal expression. Classes are small and our expert instructors have decades of experience teaching a wide range of woodworking skills and techniques.

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There really is an easy way to learn how to design wood furniture. You simply do not need to reinvent the wheel (or the chair) to learn how to design furniture. All you really need is a little inspiration. Our free download will guide you on a journey to designing your own wood furniture.

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This class is an introduction for woodworkers interested in learning how to sharpen their own handsaws and backsaws. The curriculum will cover jointing, filing teeth to uniform size and gullet depth, setting, and final sharpening. Topics discussed in depth will include the geometric and functional distinction between rip and crosscut teeth and how fleam and rake are combined to maximize the function of cutting along or across wood fibers. Proper file selection, filing technique, and saw vise requirements will also be discussed. No prior knowledge of saw sharpening is required. The class will be hands on with each student learning to sharpen a rip and crosscut saw. Students are encouraged to bring one or two saws only. These saws must be in decent shape. This is a sharpening class- not a saw rehab class!

A wooden workbench has always been the center of a traditional woodworker’s workshop. If you’re really on a tight budget you can get away with almost anything that allows you to secure your wood in place for planing and sawing, and use clamps to secure your workpiece.

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Last Friday, our team of students & instructors said farewell to the traditionally framed structures they had spent the past month working on as the Tiny Homes Building Class drew to a close. For those who want to follow the next steps in the process, Raphael Berrios and Amy Sleeper (builders/owners of one of the structures) have a great blog where they are documenting the experience of building their own “tiny timber frame” home. Check it out and follow along!

This is a truly unique project and Darrell Peart is one of this county’s leading furniture designers and is an authority on Greene & Greene furniture styles. Sign up today– space is limited and this class will sell out soon.

There is significant evidence of advanced woodworking in ancient Egypt.[1] Woodworking is depicted in many extant ancient Egyptian drawings, and a considerable amount of ancient Egyptian furniture (such as stools, chairs, tables, beds, chests) has been preserved. Tombs represent a large collection of these artefacts and the inner coffins found in the tombs were also made of wood. The metal used by the Egyptians for woodworking tools was originally copper and eventually, after 2000 BC bronze as ironworking was unknown until much later.[2]

The Klamp Table combines several of Kreg’s Klamp System components into one amazing clamping station. In addition to the table, you get Kreg’s Bench Klamps, Klamp Blocks and Klamp Trak sections. Utilizing a simple technology called Inter-Lok, the Bench Klamps can be quickly added almost anywhere you need them.

As pitch from the wood you cut accumulates on your saw blades, you’ll need to pause and take the time to clean them off. The pitch will heat up as you use the blade, and overheat the blade, damaging it. There are a number of commercial cleaners available, but you can just soak them in oven cleaner. This will dissolve the pitch, with only a little rubbing. Do not use any abrasives on your saw blades. Scrubbing cleansers and rough pads will leave scratches on the blade, which will only hold more pitch, making the problem worse the next time you need to clean the blade.

When I first looked at the Microplane stainless steel sanding discs I thought, “There’s no way that can work. It’ll just tear up the wood.” But now that I’ve logged lots of hours of sanding with this product, I’m a believer. According to the manufacturer this product will remove wood five times faster than a conventional abrasive, while outlasting it seven times.

Last month I taught two short classes in Germany – a rare exception to my vow to avoid teaching and instead focus on new furniture designs. The reason I taught those two classes is quite personal, so I won’t discuss it here. But during the classes I was struck by an…

Machine Joinery, which explores the use of power tools in the construction process. Each student builds a tool cabinet that involves a myriad of machine-cut joints and shaping techniques using the table saw, router, router table, slot mortiser, shaper, and other equipment. (3 weeks)

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How do the best craftsmen come up with woodworking ideas, and translate those ideas into easy woodworking plans? Open up this FREE article on sketching – the basic element of all woodworking project ideas – and start seeing furniture and casework in a different light. You’ll be amazed at how simple it is to unlock your imagination.

Students will complete an open frame slip seat by stretching and tacking webbing, cutting and fitting the foundation, lofting, and show cover materials, and installing a proper dust cover. And then building on these new skills, complete a small-scale sprung footstool, by hand tying springs, and learning basic cutting and folding techniques, then finishing off the corners with proper blind stitches.

In this project Paul shows how to pick, dimension and prepare wood for a project. He also shows how to make the housing-dado joint and a stub mortice and tenon joint. The edges of the top and bottom of the clock are softened using a handplane.

DeWalt’s new DC608 isn’t the first cordless brad nailer, but it is one of the best. The big advantage of going cordless, of course, is that you don’t need a compressor or gas cartridges, and there’s no air hose to deal with.

12/01/2015 Free Woodworking Plan This is probably one of the largest collection of free plans out there. They appear to have been around for a long time, and their collection of plans definitely shows it. It’s actually one of my favorite sites.

Learn the basics of woodworking with simple hands-on projects to build your confidence and skills. Each lesson in this class explores an area of woodworking that will form the building blocks of all future woodworking projects you undertake. Keeping the average DIY’er in mind, this entire class is conducted using basic handheld power tools, with no fancy fixed tools like table saws, lathes, planers, or drill presses.

“What tools do I need for my shop?” This has to be one of the most common question in woodworking. The answer usually starts with the big power tools: tablesaw, jointer, router, planer. But what about those everyday tools we take for granted? You know, the kind that cause you to turn to a shopmate and say, “This is a great little tool.”

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The school offers programs in a number of vocational areas, including those associated with construction, mechanics and service technologies. In particular, the 1,200-hour course in carpentry covers topics in cabinetry, cost estimates, formwork concrete and site preparation. Admission recommendations include a high school diploma or GED, and applicants must take the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension and TABE tests.

It includes a discussion of all the principal hardwoods and softwoods, how to use hand tools, detailed information on every carpentry technique–jointing, bonding, fastening, laminating, and much more.

I also realized that I need to take out a subscription to Woodworking Magazine and keep my eye out for more of your articles in the future. Again, thank you very much Ron for an excellent article and for educating those of us that love to work with God’s greatest and most beautiful raw material.

The next step after preparation of the plan will be, buying the materials, which you are going to use. There is a lot of variety of timber and wood materials available for making furniture. You should select what satisfies the requirements for cost, strength, and the look.

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The story of the Eclipse scrollsaw is a classic American tale. Like the Wright brothers who invented man’s first flying machine in their bike shop, Ernie Mellon designed and built the revolutionary Eclipse scrollsaw in his garage. What makes the Eclipse unique is the lack of pivoting arms or parallel links that give motion to the blade. Instead, it uses a revolutionary “oscillating-loop” drive mechanism.

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I’ve routed miles of grooves in my life, but the quality of cut I’ve been getting from spiral bits still amazes me. I love these bits! The secret is in the spiral design, which cuts the wood through a shearing action.

The system installs in under 30-minutes. It’s easy to calibrate, allowing you to start at zero or preset any starting position. You can also toggle between absolute and incremental readings at the push of a button.

In a two-day class I will show my technique for French polishing by assisting the student in their own project. The student can expect to be well on his way to finishing a small table or chest but, more importantly, will learn the skill of applying shellac using a pad in such a way that only the thinnest of coatings will be between the observer and the object, allowing the natural beauty of the wood to show through.

Most waterstones come in two sizes: regular and large. Large stones are thicker, wider and longer, so they have more wear surface. The extra width of a large stone is handy for wide plane irons, but not essential.

So what makes a “perfect woodworking plan?” Simply put, it must be detailed enough to leave nothing to guesswork yet simple enough for beginners. It must also contain complete instructions from start to finish.

Do it wrong, and you’ll never want to finish wood again! That’s why you need to download this FREE guide to finishing wood. This is the complete wood finishing techniques freebie from our expert, Bob Flexner. Learn which wood finish you really need for the project or wood you’re finishing.

Ryobi’s new 18-volt lithium-ion tools stand out—by their bright green color and by their prices. Lithium-ion power is revolutionizing battery-powered tools, because LI batteries are significantly lighter in weight than NiCad or NiMH batteries and they hold a charge longer when not in use (a great feature for weekend woodworkers).

We stock everything from hand saws for ripping, crosscutting and cutting dead-on joinery to chisels for cleaning up dovetails and truing mortises and tenons to bench planes for smoothing table tops. We’ve also got spokeshaves and scrapers, files, microplanes and rasps.

Acombination belt-disc sander is similar to a mid-round draft choice on an athletic team. It’s not a priority purchase, like a tablesaw or planer, but it’s valuable in a woodworking shop as a role player. It’s two tools in one. The disc is great for precise edge work, like fitting miter joints and trueing outside curves.

The 3D Squares are milled from aluminum with a guarantee of being less than .002-in. out of square across the 6-in. length of the leg. Each leg contains drilled and countersunk screw holes in case you want to fasten the squares to a jig or fixture.

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The apprenticeship program is offered in alignment with the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and requires four years to complete. Admission requirements include academic and practical assessments, and once admitted, students receive training in basic construction, carpentry, electrical work and other relevant areas. Students who successfully complete the program can apply a maximum of 32 credits towards an Associate of Applied Science in Industrial Management and receive a certificate of completion from ABC, the Florida Department of Education and the NCCER.

Dividers (or compass) are used for taking and repeating a measurement over and over again on a work piece. Traditional woodworkers rarely take measurements with a tape measure when doing fine joinery work, but rather take a measurement with dividers then transfer that arbitrary (yet accurate) measurement to another work piece. This removes a degree of inaccuracy.

The 600-hour beginning carpentry course is designed to prepare students for the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) certification exams. It includes three phases that help participants acquire the trade skills they need to work as carpentry helpers and perform finishing and trimming work.

The DEWALT DW621 router features a full wave The DEWALT DW621 router features a full wave electronic variable speed motor with soft start. This router’s 8 000-24 000 rpm motor is designed for constant speed under load to ensure a quality finish in all materials. A rack and pinion depth adjuster with micro-fine adjusting allows quick accurate set-up … More + Product Details Close

Trim router motors range from 3.8 to 7.5 amps and run at speeds as high as 30,000 rpm. Add a base and the trim router weighs between 3 and 4-1/2 lbs. All models use only a 1/4-in. collet. You can buy a variety of bases and accessories (see Sources, page 4). Prices range from $80 for just the router with a standard base to $250 for a kit with several accessories.

In this project Paul shows how to pick, dimension and prepare wood for a project. He also shows how to make the housing-dado joint and a stub mortice and tenon joint. The edges of the top and bottom of the clock are softened using a handplane.

With the advances in modern technology and the demands of industry, woodwork as a field has changed. The development of Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) Machines, for example, has made us able to mass-produce and reproduce products faster, with less waste, and often more complex in design than ever before. CNC Routers can carve complicated and highly detailed shapes into flat stock, to create signs or art. Rechargeable power tools speed up creation of many projects and require much less body strength than in the past, for example when boring multiple holes. Skilled fine woodworking, however, remains a craft pursued by many. There remains demand for hand crafted work such as furniture and arts, however with rate and cost of production, the cost for consumers is much higher.

Join us for a week of playful toy and object making, we will encourage and guide beginning and intermediate students to make their own automated and mechanical toys and sculptures. We will explore a range…

Apart from loving rustic designs, I also have a place in my heart for industrial designs–which is why this DIY metal pipe table is on my list of wood crafts to do. I like the rugged appeal! But best of all, it’s sooo easy to make!

Our Denver woodworking classes are for individuals with little or no experience. We start with the basics for all your future woodworking project. We pick our lumber, mill it to size, glue panels where necessary, and learn a basic but strong method of joinery. All students will leave class with a completed small side table or small bookshelf.

It bends, expands and compresses to snake around obstructions or to collect debris directly in hard to reach places. It comes in 2-1/2″ and 4″ diameters. It’s about $10 for three feet and it’s very handy. Both accessories are available from direct from Lee Valley .

Klingspor’s offers quality tools and supplies for the woodworker, everything from beginning to end, lumber to finishes, including natural-edge wood slabs. Upcoming classes include Pen Turning, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 12, $95; Introduction to Woodturning, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 26, $95; Custom Wood Finishing, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 2, $100; and Introduction to Woodcarving, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 9, $95. And 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 19, the store will hold the 14th annual N.C. Woodcarving Festival, which is free and open to the public.

Guide rails fully support the router, so you don’t have to balance it on the jig. And the jig comes fully assembled—all you have to do is bolt it to a board. This jig is easy to get started with and easy to use.

The 600-hour beginning carpentry course is designed to prepare students for the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) certification exams. It includes three phases that help participants acquire the trade skills they need to work as carpentry helpers and perform finishing and trimming work.

Cut the 6-1/2-in. x 3-in. lid from the leftover board, and slice the remaining piece into 1/4-in.-thick pieces for the sides and end of the box. Glue them around the plywood floor. Cut a rabbet on three sides of the lid so it fits snugly on the box and drill a 5/8-in. hole for a finger pull. Then just add a finish and you’ve got a beautiful, useful gift. If you don’t have time to make a gift this year, consider offering to do something for the person. You could offer to sharpen their knives! Here’s how.

Dividers (or compass) are used for taking and repeating a measurement over and over again on a work piece. Traditional woodworkers rarely take measurements with a tape measure when doing fine joinery work, but rather take a measurement with dividers then transfer that arbitrary (yet accurate) measurement to another work piece. This removes a degree of inaccuracy.

Not finished yet, and won’t be until I have another break from school. My first project ever. Not my personal choice of colors (SOs). But I’m proud of myself. All the wood was free scrap, only had to buy stain, paint, foam, and fabric. (i.redd.it)

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No experience is necessary. Tuition $295.00, plus materials which includes a hardwood sample kit, 10x loupe, The “Wood ID Bible”- Identifying Wood by Bruce Hoadley and admission to WDS. Class size is limited to 15 students. Sign up today!

This type of tool has a long and venerable history. Before the machine era, chairmakers made their own scraper shaves with a variety of flat, convex and concave bottoms. Antique artisan-made scraper shaves are difficult to find, however. Mass-produced scraper shaves, such as the Stanley 62, are very rare.

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With a sliding router plate and unique indexing system, the Fluting Jig makes setup a breeze. Users simply attach their router (the jig comes pre-drilled for most routers), adjust the jig’s underside rails to straddle the work piece and begin marking their flutes’ centerpoints on the erasable yellow pad.

My life as a woodworker changed overnight when I bought a Leigh mortiseand tenon jig. I’d promised my spouse to build an entire set of diningchairs by Thanksgiving without realizing how many complicated jointsI’d have to make. A friend told me about the Leigh jig and how muchtime it would save, so I swallowed hard (it cost over $600!) and poniedup.